Social scientists' autobiographies can yield insight into personal
commitments to research agendas and the very project of social science
itself. But despite the long history of life writing, sociologists have
tended to view the practice with skepticism.Canadian Sociologists in the
First Person is the first book to survey the Canadian sociological
imagination through personal recollections. Exploring the lives and
experiences of twenty contributors from across the country, this book
connects the unique and shared features of their careers to broad social
dynamics while providing a guide to their own research and
administrative contributions to their universities, their profession,
and their broader society and communities. The contributors teach in
different types of institutions, are prominent in the discipline and in
their specializations, and represent significant and diverse
intellectual currents, political perspectives, and life and career
experiences.Aiming to start a broad conversation about what social
science and the academic profession look like in Canada from an
insider's perspective, Canadian Sociologists in the First Person offers
invaluable lessons for younger scholars as they envision a diverse
sociological imagination for the twenty-first century.
